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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Auto Insurer Settles With New York AG Over Insurance Application Platform Security Issues

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The New York Attorney General recently entered into an assurance of discontinuance with Root Insurance Company following a 2021 data incident. According to the AG, the threat actors obtained people’s drivers’ license numbers...more

Cozen O'Connor

NY Settles With Insurer on Data Breach Rooted in Security Deficiencies

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New York AG Letitia James settled with Root Insurance Company to resolve allegations that the company’s data security deficiencies led to a 2021 data breach involving 72,000 people, in violation of state consumer protection...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York attorney general files complaint over insurance data breaches

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On March 1, New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against a group of insurance companies and a parent corporation. The complaint alleged these companies...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Preparing for Enhanced POPIA Enforcement in South Africa

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Recent statements by South Africa’s Information Regulator (“IR”) indicate an impending crackdown on data privacy compliance, specifically within the banking and insurance sectors. The IR has announced its intention to enforce...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

"An Ounce of Prevention"...How to Reduce the Risk of Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings

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To paraphrase what Ben Franklin may have been alluding to nearly 300 years ago in his famous quote, often the best approach when it comes to reducing the risk of litigation and government enforcement proceedings is to take...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

NAIC Tackles Insurance Industry Privacy Modernization

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On February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (PPWG) released a draft of Model Law 674 Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (Model 674 or Model). Proposed Model 674 is intended to replace Model...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

NAIC proposes new California-style privacy model law for insurance

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On Wednesday February 1, 2023, the NAIC Privacy Protections Working Group (the Working Group) released a draft of a new model law for comment, the Insurance Consumer Privacy Protection Model Law (#674) (the Proposal), which...more

Alston & Bird

Class Action & MDL Roundup – Winter 2021

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Welcome back to the Class Action & MDL Roundup! Our winter edition covers notable class actions from the fourth quarter of 2020. In this edition, we find a common theme among COVID-19 class actions, the Tampa 2 defends...more

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